by Deirdre Clune | Feb 9, 2018 | Political News
Geo-blocking is the practice whereby consumers are blocked from accessing and buying a product or service from a website based in another EU member state. The Commission estimates that almost 65% of websites in the EU engage in this discriminatory practice....
by Deirdre Clune | Jan 17, 2018 | Political News
The battle to protect our blue planet received a boost yesterday, as the European Commission launched the European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy. Plastic production is 20 times higher now than in the 1960s and is set to quadruple again by 2050. We...
by Deirdre Clune | Jan 6, 2018 | Political News
EU-Funded FEAD programme channels non-perishable food through FoodCloud Hubs to those most in need. Under an European Programme, social enterprise FoodCloud Hubs and the Department of Employment Affairs & Social Protection are working together to provide food to...
by Deirdre Clune | Dec 1, 2017 | People, Political News
Today is International Day of Persons with disabilities. Almost one in six people in the EU aged 15 and over lives with some kind of disability. As the population ages, this number is expected to rise significantly. In the European Parliament this week MEPs urged the...
by Deirdre Clune | Nov 21, 2017 | People, Political News
Irish young people are choosing academic education over vocational training and this remains a big issue for Ireland. Ireland South MEP and member of the EU Employment committee Deirdre Clune has called our youth unemployment rate of 14% unacceptable. Clune...
by Deirdre Clune | Nov 14, 2017 | People, Political News
Ireland South MEP and member of the EU Transport Committee Deirdre Clune has joined other MEPs in the European Parliament in voting to make driver assistance compulsory in new cars. During the debate and subsequent vote on road safety measures Clune expressed her...